The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-24
SOUTH CAROLINA.


Sunday in the Methodist church before a
large audience.
Capt. r. $. Desportes returned to Column
bia Thursday from tour through Georgia.
He has been to the cotton manufacturing
towns of that State gathering information
about cotton mills On his way home he
stopped in Atlanta and examined the water
filter system in that city, The canvass for
| subscriptions to the cotton mill will be begun
next week and vigorously pushed. Capt.
! Desportes is devoting much of his time to
this enterprise.
Simon Crier, the colored constable who
shot and killed Thomas Parker, colored, on
Wednesday night last at Bulow's place, in
st. Andrews Parish, appeared in court with
his counsel, Mr.. Moultrie Clement, and
asked for bail The testimony taken before
Acting Coroner J. P. Clement, and the
verdict of the Coroner's jury were read,
showing that Parker had been shot while
resisting arrest and while he had gun
full-cocked and leveled at the constable.
Judge Aldrich granted bail in the sum of
$500.
Isaac NJ. Bryan, of Greenville, has re-
turned from Washington, where he made a
| few days ago an argument before the
| United States Supreme Court, in the case of
| the United States versus Henry Fox, using
the mails to defraud Henry worked the
| counterfeit money sawdust racket at Rock
Hill He was convicted in the United
States Court here, and sentenced to twelve
months i'll the Columbia penitentiary, and
also to fifteen months in Auburn. The pres
| ent hearing was on motion for rule to
| issue to the Marshal to show cause why a
writ of habeas corpus should not be granted.
| The Supreme Court heard Mr.. Bryan's
| argument and reserved its decision.
At Anderson, one day last week, an old
I gentleman, Jonathan Pickerel, living in the
extreme northwestern portion of the county,
walked into the store of j. B. Watson &
| Co., and told Mr.. Watson he wished to pay
him what he owed him. Mr.. Watson re-
marked that he had no account against him.
| Mr.. Pickerel thereupon drew from his
| pocket an old bill of some cotton he had
| sold j. b. Watson & Co. in the fall of 1872.
| He showed Mr.. Watson that in that trans
| action he had received SIP 25 more than
was due him through mistake made by
the bookkeeper Mr.. Pickerel had thrown
the bill among some other papers and last
week, while looking through the lot, acct
| dentally detected the mistake which had
gone unnoticed for fifteen years. As soon
thereafter as was convenient he came to
Mr.. Watson and asked to be allowed to re-
| fund the money.
The Greenville furniture factory, which
was built several years ago and has since
been operated through many changes Of
ownership and with varying success, prom
lses some interesting litigation. r. NJ
| Pickens e. Son have owned and operated
the factory for some time, though theprop-
erty is still in court. 1t is stated that about
Oct. the firm of r. N. Pickens g. Son was
dissolved. Since then Dantzler & Mackey,
| furniture dealers, contracted lease of the
factory until Jan. 1 next. They made the
contract with r. NJ Pickens, and were to
take possession on Oct 20. Tuesday Blythe
q Mccullough, attorneys for J. c.. G.. Turn
or, the other leading furniture dealer in the
city, served notice on Dantzler & Mackey
that Turner had leased the property and
notifying them of his intention to carry out
the contract Mr.. Turner says he leased
the factory from r. NJ Pickens & Son, and
made payment on it. Dantzler 81 Mackey
will take possession, and it is supposed there
will be some developments when they do.
Gov. Richardson had intended leaving
Atlanta on his return to Columbia, at 6
o'clock Thursday morning, but the blockade
at the union depot was so great that it was
impossible to get near the train. At $50
Thursday afternoon, acting under the adj
vices of Train Dispatcher Gibbes, the Gov
ernor and his party, numbering about
twenty, took a street car for the Airline
carshed, about two miles from the Kimbail
House, and after walking in mud and dark
ness for half a mile further, found their
were securely locked This car, after re-
manning at the shed about two hours, was
taken to the union depot, and attached to
north bound train of ten cars, which were
all well packed. By keeping the Governors
car locked until the departure of the train,
at O'Clock, its occupants were enabled to
retain seats which they would otherwise
have been unable to hold against a mob of
excuTsionists, who were crazy to leave the
city. 1t was really by the courtesy of Mr.
Gibbes and Master of Trains Lockard that
the ladies of the party were enabled to
return home through the terrible crush.
The following named persons have been
suggested as delegates from the old settler
farmers TO attend a meeting, on the Fair
grounds on Wednesday, Nov. 9. These and
all others hereafter suggested, should notify
Col. o. P. Duncan, the President, at Union,
so that free transportation may be furnished
them: Abbeville county-R A. Griffin
Ninety-Six; Wade f. Cothran, Bradley, S.
c.; James NJ. Latimer, Lowndesville, S. C.
Aiken county-Gen. H. L. Mavson, Beech Is
land; Capt. NJ. I. Holly and Col 7. w.
Whatley, Aiken Charleston county-W.
G. Hinson, +. l.. Rivers Charleston; A. H.
DuPre, McClellanville. Clarendon county
C S. Lamb, Forest; E. N. Plowden, For
eston; L. H. Deschamps, Fulton. Colleton
county-Dr. H. M. Shuler, j. NJ Stokes. st.
Georges; P. G. Johnston, BranchviIle.
Fairfield county-Stephen Gibson, Horeb;
Thomas Lyles, LyleSford; James A. Nc
Crarey, Gladden's Grove Hampton county
Capt. E. H. People, Lawtonville: Rev.
W. f. Hogarth, Brunson; James f. Mixson,
Cummings. Kershaw county-Lewis j.
Patterson, Liberty Hill; w. E. johnson,
Allen McCaskell, Camden Lexington
county-A. p. West, LecsvIlle; Abram
Geiger, Columbia; j. S. Swygelt, Column
bia Marlboro county,. r. Webster,
Bennettsville; j. Woodley, Bennettsville;
John p. Smith, Bennettsville Newberry
county-Joseph Caldwell, Newberry; DR..
w. ID. Dorron, Newberry; Allen Hawkins,
Prosperity Williamsburg county-Capt.
John A. Salters, Salters; N. G. Grahans,
Scanton; w. J. Haselden, Jacksonville.
York county-Dr. Thomas Campbell Clio
Yer, S. c.. Col. j. s. Bratton, McConnels-
vile; Col. j. w. Rawlingson, Rock Hill.
The State Agricultural Bureau is in
formed by Secretary Holloway, who is in
| Columbia on business connected with the
State Fair, that he is i'll possession of infor-
nation from all sections of the State that
the attendance at the approaching fair viii
be far greater than ever before, that stalls
are being secured for the accommodation of
stock from ali sections of the State, and
that the exhibition of poultry will be the
| finest ever shown there, and in order to ac-
commodate the increafed number of poultry
the officers are providing additional accom-
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